Drag And Drop - How to show incorrect and missing objects
Mar 26, 2022
By
Thorsten H.
Hi there,
i have a huge drag & drop - slide with about 80 objects and 1 target zone.
14 objects must be dragged on the target (empty table at the bottom. The other 66 objects are incorrect. Interaction is sent by middle button.
Of course, I could put an image with all correct objects on the incorrect layer of the result slide. That's too less for the learner.
Is there a chance of showing the learner what objects are correct and what elements are missing, those which have not been dragged on the target? Does anybody know who (developer) could customize this for me, as this is very asked by the learners?
Thorsten
5 Replies
Hi Thorsten
This could be done with some extra triggers and T/F variables. It becomes cumbersome to build, but really only because of the number of objects to choose from. But it can be done.
Hi Tracy,
I have created so many thousands of triggers with software like Autohotkey. Numbers don´t matter ;)
I would be very thankful to get known the pattern or logic behind that triggers and True and False variables.
Because my customers are always asking why the don´t see the missing right choices. Even that I am already showing them the whole solution within that module.
Thorsten
What you want cannot be done with the built-in drag and drop. You will, as Tracy suggested, need to write your own variables and triggers. The attached sample will help you get started with the pattern. It does the things I imagine I would want done, but there may be some functions you don't need.
I thank you, Walt. Why is setting the state to "Normal" of the Drag and Drop interaction the solution?
I think it probably isn't necessary. It may be that I thought the process was going to be much more complicated than it actually is, and that is the vestige of something I thought I would need. It got superseded by a later function, but not erased. Disable those triggers, and if it still does what you want, don't use them.